New Releases
Here you will find an in-depth guide to new films. The Skinny offers synopsis and reviews of the latest film releases.
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New ReleasesShank
Debutante director Pearce claims to have drawn this tale of a gang member coming out and cutting loose from real events. It certainly aims for urgency, its s... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesBright Star
A film about the love affair of John Keats, one of the greatest Romantic poets, could easily have portrayed the emotional intensity that courses through his ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesSéraphine
In the town of Senlis, 1914, a middle-aged cleaning lady and washerwoman spends her free moments collecting brush and seeds, animal blood and church candle-o... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesPontypool
Pontypool may be disguised as a zombie film, but it in fact offers a whole new take on the concept. More in keeping with the plague-ridden undead in 28 Days... Read more »| 09 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesPandorum
When Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) wakes from hypersleep aboard the Elysium things are not looking good: the lights are out, the reactor is about to shut down,... Read more »| 08 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesUp
Up is the latest venture from animation house Pixar, destined to delight children and adults alike with its old-fashioned tale of a 78 year old who decides t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009
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New Releases
Crying with Laughter
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New ReleasesCreation
By tackling Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution Creation has taken on not only, as the film grandly describes it,“the biggest single idea in th... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesThe Beaches of Agnes
A delightful and idiosyncratic autobiographical documentary from one of cinema’s greatest directors: Agnes Varda. The Beaches of Agnes combines clips f... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesThirst
There have been several vampire flicks in recent months but Park Chan-wook is definitely not jumping on the band wagon; his latest gore-fest, Thirst, has bee... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesThe Agent
The premise of The Agent is simple: desperate author Stephen (Stephen Kennedy) decides to take drastic action when it becomes apparent that his agent, Alexan... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesFish Tank
Mia, played by the mesmerizing Katie Jarvis, is a typical teenager: caught in a state of acute rage and chronic vulnerability. She has dreams, realizable des... Read more »| 14 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesDorian Gray
Oscar Wilde’s gothic classic about the perils of yearning for everlasting youth, has been updated by director Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband, St Trini... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
New Releases(500) Days of Summer
Let’s get one thing straight, (500) Days of Summer is, without doubt, a rom-com. Despite declaring at the start that “This is not a love story&h... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
New ReleasesAway We Go
For the last ten years, the adjective “quirky” has become over used in film criticism, but that’s only because it’s been a trait over... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009